Area Relationship Manager (ARM)
Central Kenya (Nyeri, Muranga and Kiambu)
Kenya Co-operative Coffee Exporters Ltd (KCCE) is an established co-operative organization. licensed as a commercial coffee marketing agent.
To complement its human resources capacity, we seek to recruit staff of high
caliber to fill the position named.Central Kenya (Nyeri, Muranga and Kiambu)
Kenya Co-operative Coffee Exporters Ltd (KCCE) is an established co-operative organization. licensed as a commercial coffee marketing agent.
Are you a highly motivated and outgoing individual with exceptional leadership qualities coupled with strong interpersonal skills?
Do you have a genuine interest in working with Kenyan farmers to improve their investment returns thus improving their welfare?
Then you are the individual we are looking for to take up the position of ARM reporting to the Field Services Manager.
The successful candidates will preferably be based in Nyeri (flexible depending on candidate’s preference) and will be responsible for working with farmers from various coffee growing cooperatives and estates to do the following:
Main Duties:
- Secure marketing
agency contracts for KCCE with coffee growers as per set targets
- Manage KCCE
client relationships to ensure customer retention and satisfaction
- Facilitating
client access to financial services and products
- Facilitating
training and enhancing skills of farmers in the area of coffee production,
quality, marketing and certification
Qualifications
and Experience:
- Graduate in an
agriculture-related field
- Computer
literate with proficiency in MS Word and MS Excel.
- At least 5
years’ experience in agricultural field extension services.
- Practical
experience of coffee farming and marketing practices.
- Experience in
capacity building of farmers
Skills
required in undertaking the role:
- Leadership
skills
- Presentation
skills
- Interpersonal
skills
- Communication
skills
- Report writing
and presentation skills
- Negotiation
skills
- Financial
management skills
Personal
Attributes:
- Business
awareness
- Communication –
verbal and written
- Ability to be
proactive
- Result oriented
- Self-driven and
independent
Others:
- Ability to speak
the local dialect
- Valid and clean
driving license
- Ability to
travel 70% of the time
To
apply please send a cover letter and CV (one document) to info@kencaffee.coop
by close of business on 27th March 2010